北京市延庆县2016高考英语暑假阅读理解选练（2）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。SCSGlobalServices（SCS）hasevaluatedanewmethodologyformeasuringthecarbonsequestration（封存）abilityofsoilundertheVerified（验证）CarbonStandard（VCS）,aleadinggreenhousegas（GHG）accountingsystem.Themethodology,developedbyTheEarthPartners,willallowlandmanagerswhosequesterGHGsingrasslandsandfarmlandstoproducecarboncreditsforsaleinthevoluntarymarket.Managersofgrasslandsandfarmlandscanincreasecarbonsequestrationinsoilbypracticessuchaschanginggrazing（放牧）practicesandoperatingtreatmentsdesignedtoimprovethevarietyandproductivityofplantgroups.TheEarthPartnersispresentlypilotingthismethodologywithfarmersacrosssevenmillionacresofthePalouseRiverandColumbiaPlateauregionsinthePacificNorthwest.“TheVCSprogramhasachievedanimportantmilestoneinnowcombininggrasslandandrangelandcarbonoffset（抵消，补偿）projects,"saidDr.RobertJ.Hrubes,ExecutiveVicePresidentofSCS."SCSlooksforwardtoapprovingandverifyingagriculturalcarbonoffsetprojectsthatusethisverypowerfulnewmethodology."TheVM0021SoilCarbonQuantificationMethodologyisbasedondecadesofsoilcarbonresearchandtestingconductedbytopsoilscientists.ThemethodologywasdevelopedbyTheEarthPartnersandverifiedbyEnvironmentalServices,Inc.aswellasSCSGlobalServices.ItisthefirstsoilcarbonmethodologytobeapprovedforuseundertheVCS."Thiswidelytestedmethodologyisthefirsttospeciallydealwithsoilsinamarket,"saidStevenI.Apfelbaum,ChairmanofAppliedEcologicalServices,Inc.andDirectorofSciencewithTheEarthPartners.AccordingtoApfelbaum,soilsrepresentthesecondlargestlivingsinkofcarbonontheplanet.1.Thenewmethodologyisassessedaccordingto.A.TheEarthPartnersB.theVerifiedCarbonStandardC.EnvironmentalServices,Inc.D.AppliedEcologicalServices,Inc.2.Carbonsequestrationinsoilcanbestrengthenedby.A.sellingcarboncreditsinthevoluntarymarketB.changinggrazingpracticesandoperatingtreatmentsC.reducingthevarietyandproductivityofplantgroupsD.decreasingfarmlandsinthePacificNorthwest3.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.TheVCSprogramprovestobesuccessfulincarbonoffsetprojects.B.ManysoilCarbonMethodologieshavealreadybeenapprovedforuse.C.Thenewmethodologyhasbeentestedinmanyfieldsincludingsoil.D.Soilsseemtobethelargestlivingsinkofcarbonontheplanet.4.WhatistheattitudeofSCStowardsthenewmethodology?A.Opposed.B.Cautious.C.Doubtful.D.Approving.【参考答案】1—4、BBAD【2013界广东省深圳市一模】Allparentsknowthatoneoftheirmostimportanttasksistopreparetheirchildrenforanindependentlife,butanyparentcantellyouthatit’shardtoletgoofyourchildren.Thatbalancebetweenkeepingyourchildrensafeandallowingthemtolearnfromtheirownmistakescanbeheartbreaking.Yearsofexperiencemeansthatparentsoftendoknowbest,butontheotherhand,theyoung,beinglessboundbytradition,areoftenmorecreative,moreabletofindnewsolutionstooldproblems.Revolutionsareledbytheyoung.Goodteachersmakethegrowthofcritical(批判性的)thinkingeasierintheirstudents,onlytofindthatthiscanleadtoaquestioningoftheteachers’basicbeliefs.Schoolsencourageparentstobecomeinvolved,butareoftenembarrassedwhenparentshavereservationsaboutsomeoftheeducationalmethodsbeingused.Governmentsencourageunimportantgroupstoempowerthemselvesinordertoparticipatefullyinthedevelopmentprocess.Andtheyareoftensurprisedwhenthenewleadersofthesegroupsturnaroundandattackthepoliciesof...
